2 comments/ 4357 views/ 3 favorites TheFlorist: Inkwell By: NeoShade This is a side story to the Inkwell series. Enjoy. Janet passed excitedly. Crystalia would awaken soon. He was an ancient mythical plant from the higher realm. A place she herself had just learned of. Estephan the new tattoo shop owner down the mall was the guardian of Earth or something like that. He would introduce mortals to mythic beings to join with as companions. Crystalia wanted to be her companion. He was a large potted plant with exotic blossoms. As a florist, she found him enchanting. It spoke to her and she was enthralled. She talked to plants all the time but this one answered. She could have fainted dead away hearing him speak but Eirene had warned her. Still her heart had skipped a beat. Now she waited. After the first conversation she was more than willing to be his ward and care taker. She got the basics of the arrangement, she would tend his plant needs and in return he would assist her with her human ones. They were going to have to bond to one another. She was not exactly sure what that would mean but Estephan said if she didn’t feel comfortable it could be undone. “You are nervous?” Crystalia asked. “You’re awake. I ... more like excited.” Janet said. “So how do we bond?” “A little at a time. This would be for the rest of your life so I want you to be sure.” Crystalia warned. “Even if the bond between us were broken, the changes to you would remain. Possibly Estephan with help could undo those but I would rather not think on that. Perhaps you would ask me what things would change.” “You make it sound so dangerous.” She said. “It can be. Magic is not an easy thing.” He replied. “Magic? You mean like spells?” She asked growing more confused. “No, more like potions, alchemy.” He said. “Tea that makes one fall in love, fruit that aids in conception of children and salves that heal burns quicker without scars. These are just the basics of what is possible. Things like this can be down but none of them happen overnight.” “You can do that?” She was even more excited. “How do we get started?” “It would be much easier if I had natural light.” He said. “I can take you outside.” She said. “If the grow lights aren’t enough.” “It would put me to sleep again.” He said. “I’ll put in a skylight. But I can’t do that today.” She said. “See all things take time. Lesson learned?” He asked. She looked at the plant but understood what it had done. “I understand.” “We are going to need pure water from a spring. Are there any close by?” “I don’t know. I drink bottled water.” She said. “Bottled? Are the wells of this town not safe?” Crystalia asked. “Um we don’t have wells in that way anymore. We have a water company. They pump the water out of the ground, treat it with chemicals and pump it to everyone’s home.” She said walking over and turning on a faucet. “Can I taste it?” He asked. “Sure,” She said grabbing the watering can. “How much?” “Just a couple drams.” He replied. “Dram? How many cups is that?” “Wait. You don’t measure liquid anymore?” He asked. “A cup is a measurement. 8 ounces.” “Then half an ounce.” He said. “That’s all? Just that tiny little bit?” She asked dropping the watering can. “If it is as dirty as you say that might even be too much. Chemicals... You don’t drink it.” He said. “Right. Okay here you go. Where do you want me to pour it?” She asked. A vines with a bud at its end almost slithered from the underside of his foliage. She watched in awe as the bud opened into a white bloom resembling a lily. It was quite out of place among all of the vibrant hued blossoms that danced on the rest of his branches. She poured the water into the bloom. Before she even stepped away he hassled. “Oxygenated muriatic acid.” Crystalia said and the bloom dropped from the vine to the floor. “What? There is acid in my water?” She said looking at the sink fearfully. “One of the two poisons in salt. Not healthy for plants or humans. Why would it be put in water that is intended to drink? As a cleanser perhaps?” He mused. “You mean Chlorine? It’s in here to kill the germs and bacteria. The main reason I don’t drink it. It is a tiny amount most days but that increases during the summer because the water pipes in the ground get warmed up and stuff can grow faster. Well the bad stuff.” “And these are everywhere?” He asked. “Everyone needs water.” She said. “How many people share this water companies wells?” Crystalia asked. “Thousands? Everybody... I have never thought about it.” Janet said stepping to her cooler and getting a bottle of water. “Tyr this instead. It’s filtered... cleaned.” The vine wriggled out of his foliage and bloomed a white blossom once more. She poured a small amount into the bloom. It didn’t fall to the floor. It closed around the water and recede into his canopy. The rest of his flowers seems to shimmer. A thin stalk began to grow out of a cluster of these blooms. It started small but grew visibly. A fruit dangled from the tip. It resembled a strawberry thou was lacking in the black seeds on its surface. “In a few moments the fruit will be ripe. Once it is catch it and eat it. It will be the first part of our bonding. You will need to share your water with me.” He said. “My water... you want me to pee on you?” Janet asked. “I’m a plant not a puppy. Your salts will not hurt me.” He said. “I just, it seems rude.” Janet said. “Would it be better to ask for blood?” He asked. “Blood!” She snapped. “Why you’re not a vampire plant are you?” “I give some of myself to you and you give something of yourself to me. In that way we begin the bond. As we grow to understand each other better, we will find other bonding practices. The fruit is ready.” She reached her hands out and cupped them to catch the fruit. It fell into her hands. Bringing it to her face she smelled it. It had a sweet berry scent like a blackberry. She held soft skin of the fruit to her lips. She took a bite and a flood of juice flowed over her tongue. It was tangy like a strawberry but was tender and succulent like a blueberry. “This is wonderful. It’s so good.” She said. “Finish it quickly before it turns.” He said. She stuffed the rest of the fruit into her mouth and giggled as a trickle of juice rolled from the edge of her lips. It started as a tingle but noticeable. The warm spike of arousal touching her body in growing intensity made her gasp. She felt her labia swell in the confines of her lacey panties as well as the abundance of moisture seeping from her. “Is that fruit supposed to make me super horny?” She asked. “It could heighten pleasure, are you distressed? Should I give you something to lessen the effect?” “I think I can share water with you. But it won’t be pee.” She said as she started pulling her clothes off. “Are you alright? Your body temperature has gone up 6 degrees. Are you fevered?” He asked in concern. “Oh yes. Fever, sweet and in need of release. That fruit has me so horny my cunny is swelled shut. I’m so sensitive one of your flower blossoms touching me would make me cum.” She said. “Was that a request?” He asked. “I want to cum. Touch me.” She said stepping close to him so the his leaves touched her legs. “I will be gentle.” He said. A vine snaked out of the leafy canopy about the diameter of a dime with a bulbous head. It open and a sweet fragrance of roses filled the room. As it touched her enflamed lips like a thousand silky tongues she moaned as her nectar flowed into the peddles of the sensual flower. Her legs shook beneath her. The room seemed to spin as she tried to keep balance. The bloom seemed to adhere to her sweating cunny. Vibrations started to purr over her aching labia and she gushed in pleasurable release. She started to fall but arms held her. It startled at first. “I have you. You will not fall.” Crystalia said from behind her. “How?” She asked breathlessly as a second wave of pleasure rolled thru her. “Like Ducici, I just need a stronger bond to you to be able to do it.” He said holding her. “So you can... can..?” She tried to ask but rolled into orgasm before she could finish. “Enjoy me. There will be plenty of time for answers later.” Her body agreed with is words as multiple orgasms crashed over her. A private forever of pleasure there is his arms. He felt strong and warm. Her mind raced over fantasies and dreams giving the bloom over her labia even more to drink down. The tide of pleasure ebbed and she regained herself. The blossom was no longer drinking from her and he was still helping her stand. She felt spent. “That was amazing. I have never had so many like that, hell I think you gave me as many with your flower as I have had before now.” She said brushing the hair out of her eyes. “Is it something we could do again?” he asked. “Oh yeah, we sure can. Just not every day. Did you still want me to pee on you?” She asked. “You don’t need to. You have shared more than enough of yourself with me.” He said. “Then let me go before I pee on you.” She said. “He let her go and she darted for the restroom. The shop was cold causing her nipples to harden painfully after such pleasure. She relieved herself with a sigh. The sounds of people talking drew her attention. She went white with fear. In all of her excitement she had never locked the door of the shop. She listened at the door. One of the voices was Crystalia’s the other a women. She couldn’t make out what they were saying but a name she recognized, Estephan. She tried to pull the door open and cuss out the women. The door wouldn’t open. She looked and a vine had grown into the doors crack jamming it in place. She was about ready to yell but got swiped across her naked ass cheeks by a thin vine. The voices stopped and a minute later the vines receded from the door. She opened the door and Crystalia stood there watching the woman walk down the walkway. “What was that?” She asked. “You swatted my ass didn’t you?” “Yes I did. She would have ripped into you to get information on Estephan. She is a little bent about him having her sister.” He said. “Who? Shesin? Nikita? Which one?” She asked. He turned and covered her ears. A wave of nausea washed over her and was gone just as quickly. He looked at her then back out the windows. The woman stepped right thru the door of the tattoo parlor. The parking lot lights were on. Her mind twitched. “How long were we... You know?” She asked. “A quarter of the day.” He said. “Wait... 6 hours!!” She exclaimed and went week in the knees. “You were right. Next time only one bite not the whole berry. It has been a long time.” He said. “A long time? I haven’t ever had sex that long. I can’t remember the last time I slept that long.” “You need your rest. And food. I will guard the shop. I can’t leave anyway.” He said. “But you said you were like Ducici.” “Yes in my ability to project not the distance. She is an Oak tree. I am an Orchid. As a florist you can see the difference right?” He said. It was a new way of thinking about it but yes she had to admit she could. “What about Estephan’s parlor? Can you guard it?” She asked. “Yes but she is already gone.” He said. “Well ... don’t let anything else do anything. I will go get some rest and something to eat.” She said walking towards the door. “Are you going to dress first?” She stopped to look at her naked body. She blushed red and walked into the back to get her cloths back on. He followed her with a smile. He was going to enjoy her youth for as long as she would let him. Once she was dressed she looked at him with a weird expression. “What is it?” he asked. “Do I kiss you or water you in the pot?” She asked almost laughing. “Cute, I would be most gratified with a kiss. And the bottle of water would be nice too.” She giggled and bounced to him kissing his cheek. Opening the bottle she poured it over the top of planet with gentle grace. Not pelting any of his flowers with water. Once the bottle was empty she put it in the recycle bin. She kissed him again before darting out the front door. His understanding of the time was starting to open. She was not concerned with things he would have thought important. He walked the shop for the rest of the night. Flowers in the coolers were silent. He felt the few trees in the parking lot. They were saplings with little of use to say. He couldn’t reach any further. He found a few books on floral arrangement. The paper more than willing to give him the knowledge that it held. He was over whelmed by the mechanization. He lost his hold on his projection and returned to his foliage of his true form. Perhaps a little more caution in the future he thought before returning to sleep. Janet was bouncing thru the isle of the supermarket. She was hungry, excited and wired. She wasn’t sure if she would get any sleep tonight at all. In the last two days she had some of the most amazing sex ever. First with Estephan then with Crystalia. Her body was so primed for more she could hardly think strait. She didn’t know what she wanted. The deli was closed but ready-made items were still available. Sandwiches, salad, even chicken sounded ok but not good enough. She got scent of the seafood and her stomach growled. She headed to the seafood case. A large party tray of sushi caught her eye. She grabbed it up and two small packs of salmon pinwheels. She went to the cashier. “You throwing a party?” She asked. “No, just a little hungry.” Janet replied. “How are you going to eat all of this?” The cashier asked astonished. “When you get done with six hours of really good sex you need it.” Janet said and swiped her card thru the reader. “I’m hoping the next time I get it like that I have a day or two to plan it out better.” The cashier looked at her, mouth open speechless. “See that’s what I thought then the hungries hit me. Good night.” Janet said as she grabbed her bags and darted for the door. Setting the bags in the passenger seat she started the car. It was then she realized what she had said to the cashier. She giggled and drove home. She thought about Crystalia and his six hour sex berry trance. She could hardly believe it. She wasn’t sore or achy, just giddy. She half wanted to go back to the shop and see how his projection worked, well if that part worked like a mans would anyway. She shook her head. Everything was still sensual to her touch. Was it going to wear off or was this one of those changes he mentioned. Once she made it into her place the sushi became a target as did the pinwheels. It was good for store bought and filled her finely. She leaned back in the comfy chair and pass out. Morning came too quickly. She cuddled around a pillow and the afghan from the back of the chair. She moped to her shower. So as she stepped under the warm jet of water her body lite up. She was aroused by the water flowing over her bare skin. Every body part she washed added more to the sensual enjoyment. Her breasts still had hard nipples. She messaged and pinched but it did nothing to relax them, it only added to the rising need in her cunny. Her hand finally made its way between her quivering thighs. Her fingers feeling the fullness of her labia made her gasp. She was still puffy, her labia swollen in arousal. She rolled them from side to side with her fingers. She had a sharp short orgasm and the feelings of need subsided a bit. She laid down in the tub letting the shower rain gently on her. She opened her legs and held her labia open to the steamy little droplets. The first one to hit her clit had her arching her back in ecstasy. As the pleasure ebbed she noticed the same scent of roses for a moment. She rubbed her clit gently gritting her teeth against the on rush of pleasure. Her fingers were tinted bluish by her own juices. She rubbed herself over the crests of four orgasms. After the last her fingers were wet but not tinted. The need that had gripped her abated and her nipples relaxed. She sighed then gasped as the water started to run cold. She scrambled from the tub grabbing a towel. She finished her morning routine and even got herself some eggs and toast for breakfast. It wasn’t a normal day to go into the shop but then again what was normal going to be from now on. She wanted to talk to Crystalia and there were maybe a dozen things she could take care of that she would usually put off. If she got them done today, she would have more time in the evenings to just be with him. Maybe she should find a nice lounge for the back room. She pulled up in front of the shop with a smile. That fell from her face when she saw the two big green freakos walk thru the front wall of the tattoo parlor. She ran inside grabbing the phone. She pulled the card with Estephan number out of the desk. “Crystalia!!” She called. “Good... Shall I get rid of them?” He asked. “Can you capture them? I’m calling Estephan now.” “Yes but I can’t hold them for long if they fight. Tell him to be quick.” He said and melted into a pile of vines. “Estephan its Janet. Two big green things just went into your shop...” An hour or so later she watched Estephan and the others drive off. She looked at Crystalia with a questioning glare. “The guardian is always going to have issues.” He said. “Could they get hurt, or you and I?” She asked. “Killing is not something a being of the higher realm would do any more than a normal person. Just because they have powers don’t mean they would use them to kill.” He said. “Why did you lock me in the bathroom yesterday?” she asked. “I didn’t want to share you with that half pissed harpy. And she would have tried sucking your nipples off.” He said. “Are the relaxed this morning? Has the pollen washed off?” “Yes... after a serious pussy washing marathon. I had to make myself cum a dozen times to get it all out of my neathers. Is it going to do that all the time?” She asked. “Wait she was a harpy, like for real?” “No she was a succubus. Just not a well-mannered one like Shesin.” He said. “I will admit Shesin is the most unique succubus I have ever sensed.” “She’s in love. So is Nikita. I can’t tell if they know it or not. Estephan is kinda ... well... ya know?” She said waving her hands in large gestures around herself. “Loudish, is that even a word?” He giggled. “His aura is commanding, he will emerge as a titan by this time tomorrow.” “Titan? Is he going to get huge and muscularly?” She asked. “Not likely. He is a passionate and wise individual. I think his powers would be those you wouldn’t see by looking at him. Don’t let stories cloud the truth. If you want to know I will tell you.” He said. “So why couldn’t you project earlier?” She asked. “I was. Into Estephan’s parlor to capture the trolls. I can’t be everywhere at one time. I can still talk from my true form, which is something Ducici can’t do. Everything has a tradeoff. She can go further away but she can’t see or hear anything from her tree unless she is in it.” “So will you claim the plaza as your domain?” She asked. “Estephan told me to wait. I understand why and can see his worries. I will wait because he asked me to. It will give as time to get better bonded with each other. Claiming a domain could affect us both if we aren’t well bonded and could possibly break it.” He said. “I don’t like the sound of that.” She said. “I haven’t been in the mortal realm for more than a millennium. I will take it slow and do it little by little so that our bond is strong and safe for us both. Yesterday proved I have to be more delicate and subtle with you than those of ages past.” He said. “Why is that?” She asked. “I would guess it is the evolution of human body chemistry. You all have adapted to illnesses and foods that were never thought of back then. Like Chocolate. It has love chemicals in it. If someone ages ago were to eat a chocolate candy ... they might have fallen in love with the first person they saw. Today everyone eats it as a delight or desert.” He said. TheFlorist: Inkwell Ch. 02 Janet's tale continues. Think Flowers and most of this will make sense. She woke in a puddle of her own sweat. Her dreams still danced in her head. She grabbed the notepad and a pen from her nightstand. She scribbled down everything she could remember. From start to finish before being awake washed away the dream. She had been a fairy with iridescent wings. She flew from flower to flowers tasting of each one. She was free of the ground and lived in the colors of the exotic blossoms. When she came to the wise bush of many tasty blossoms, one very large one opened to her, inviting her in. It's thick stamen dripping with irresistible nectar. She darted to it wrapping her tiny hand round it. She quiver as her little tongue licked tentatively from its phallic length. It was sweet and warmed her from the inside. The more she tasted of it the more she wanted. She flittered to the edge of the bloom and rested on her knees. She parted her tender lips and sucked the stamen into her mouth. It nectar was even sweeter and the growing warmth of her body taking on a hunger in her precious neathers. When body wriggled and begged, her wings buzzing erratically. The hunger of her would hold off no longer. She grabbed the edge of the bloom and dropped her sweet labia over the think stamen. Rubbing it up and down her sweating cunny's entrance. Swirling her hips she impaled herself on the thickness of it. Her sigh twinkled through the bloom, causing several buds to burst into full bloom, bathing her in sparkling pollen. Nectar seeped into her clutching depths. Her sighs rang as a twinkling symphony. Other fairies hearing the song fluttered to watch her dance on the intimate bloom. Her little head thrashed her hair from her eyes as sweet beads of nectar formed on her skin. Those watching swooped in to taste of her. gentle kisses and licks of their tongues. She came in an explosion of light and her eyes open. "Wow." She said to her ceiling. In was all written down. She wanted to call Crystalia and ask him... he had used the phone, but would he know how to answer it? She shook her head and scooted into the bathroom. She started a shower and stripped out of her wet night cloths. Her head was the first thing under the warm spray. She pushed the water thru her wet hair and noticed the inside of her arms were green. And not some light water color, dark health Hibiscus leafy green. She jumped out of the shower and dried herself. She was still green. "What the fuck?" She said looking at herself in the mirror. "I look like some sci-fi space alien slut." Her eyes were sparking jade and hair dark green almost black. Both sets of her lips were a glistening evergreen. She stepped to addressing mirror and spread the lips of her cunny wide. She sighed loudly when the deepest parts of her were still pink and human colored. She grabbed baggy clothes that would cover most of her and ran for the car. 20 minutes laters she was dashing for the front of the flower shop to ask Crystalia what he could do or if she was going to be green forever. She had been in such a hurry she had run three stop signs. "Crystalia I'm turning green, what can I do?" She yelled into the shop as she entered. "You're turning green? That is unusual. I don't think that has ever happened before." He said stepping out of the back. "Would you look at me I look like an alien space slut." She cried. "You not that green. Maybe a little dryadish, but not alien." He said. She looked at her case in the mirror in the flower case. He was right, her color had lightened considerably. Her skin only lightly tinted and her hair was almost back to its normal color but looking like her too much time in the pool hair. She sighed. "What did you do right before you turned green?" He asked. "I just stepped into a hot shower. No sooner do I get my hair out of my eyes I am totally green, even my coochie was green. My lips and hair... everything." "It seems to be only temporary so let's calm down and figure this out." He said trying not to laugh. He stepped close to her and tasted her hair. It was metallic, copper? He told her to go in the back and drip some of the water in her hair on the white blossom. She darted in to the bloom and rang a few drops into the open flower. It rolled into the canopy of his leaves. "You are tainted with copper. It turned you green. Why would you be tainted like this?" he asked. "My pipes are coper, never give them much thought unless it is going to get cold for more than a day or two." She said. "Estephan and so a couple of the others just pulled into the parking lot." "Really? Am I still greenish?" She asked. "You're fine. Silly girl." He said. She darted out to his human faces side as they came in the front door. "Greetings Guardian." Crystalia said. "Janet?" Estephan asked pointing him. "He's Crystalia!" Janet said bouncing up and down. "Really? A domain gives you a people form?" Estephan asked. "Yes it does. Do we have ownership of the whole mall?" He asked. "We will at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The sale must be filed for the new deeding to be made. Janet if you would sign a few things for us." Thalia said. "Ok, what as I signing?" Janet asked. "A partnership in Mythic Holdings Consolidated and an investment contract." Eirene said. "What?" She asked. "You are giving your name to the Holding Company board and taking ownership of your shop. The rest will give you a profit share of about $9,000 a quarter and a shop front in the company office building." Thalia said. "Not too bad for signing your name five times right?" "Don't ask me how they are planning on doing it. I signed them after breakfast. Your name would be right under mine, partner." He said holding his hand out to her. "Ok." She said shaking his hand. "You going to have a company tattoo?" Everyone laughed. He looked at Crystalia. He did not look like he thought he would. He was the sage plant he talked to thou. All of the wisdom and knowledge with the ability to walk down to talk to him. Crystalia didn't much care to stand in the same room as himself but that was understandable. Who wants to hear everything in echo all the time? "You don't look like I thought you would." He finally said to Crystalia. "I don't look the way I thought I would." Crystalia said. "What does that mean?" "I look the way Janet pictures me. Part of my bond to her. She was a bit unnerved by me when she came in this morning as well. I look like the guy she lost her virginity to." He said. "Is there any reason for that?" Estephan asked as the ladies went into Janet's office looking for a pen that worked. "He looks really hot today or is it just me?" Janet asked. "He gained his mantel as a titan. He is looking really fine to all of us." Eirene said. "We are just a little scared to do anything with him yet. He hasn't had a chance to get used to it. He might make us cum so had was end up back in the higher realm with no way back." Thalia giggled. "Really? O' here's that pen." She said grabbing it and signing the papers. "Could he really do that?" "We don't know, none of us have ever done it with a titan." Thalia said. "I want to find out." Janet said stepping back out front with a mischievous grin. "Something like that, you will get a handle on it. We can talk more about it tomorrow." Crystalia said. "Yeah Mr. Birthday, time to get you back to your party." Eirene said. "Talk to you more about it in the morning, I'll come down with Ducici ok?" Thalia asked Janet. "That would be awesome." Janet said. "So all the paperwork is good?" Estephan asked. "Yup. We go." Eirene said. "Happy Bithday! See everyone tomorrow." Janet said giving Estephan a kiss and groping him dirtily. "Woo-hoo get him going for us." Thalia said. "Way to go girlie, want us to wait outside while you give him a little more?" Thalia said. "Not today, maybe you can save a little of him for me tomorrow." Janet said. "Alright I am standing right here." Estephan said. "In more ways the one." Janet said groping his half hard cock thru his pants. "We better get him back the party then." Thalia said. She watched them leave. "What was he asking you about? And what was that about looking like the guy I lost my virginity to?" "Don't I?" He asked. She looked at him closely for the first time. She had been in such a panic about being green she hadn't really stopped to see what he looked like. The hair was different but the face, yeah that was the face of the first guy to every make her orgasm. Too bad he was a loser every other way. She kinda felt bad that Crystalia looked like the guy. "I'm sorry." She said. "You don't like this face?" He asked. "No not really. Just cause the guy got me off didn't make him a good person. Last I heard he was doing 15 to 20 for armed robbery." She said. "So what face should I have? I can change it." He asked. "Wow just like that?" She asked. "I grow flowers in minutes, changing how my projected face is much simpler." He said. "So can you look like that?" She said point at the face of a hot model on the cover of her flower catalog. His feature shifted and blurred for a minute then he looked just like the guy on the cover. She looked at him in amazement. She stepped closer to him. He smelled like the flower in her dream. She stepped back from he quickly. "What's wrong?" He asked. "AM I too tall?" "No you smell like a flower I dreamed about fucking last night." She blurted. "You fucked it really good thou right?" he asked giggling at her use of such language. "Well I... did I just say that to you?" She asked turning bright red. "Yes you did, would it be easier if you talked to the bush?" He asked. "Maybe. I need to get over this dream." She said half-heartedly. "We are going to be getting rain this evening. Why not refresh yourself by running in it naked." He suggested. "And where am I going to do that and not get arrested?" She asked. "It is unlawful to go without clothing?" He asked. "Yes in most places." She said. "Unfortunate. If you can't then perhaps other ways of cleansing can be found." He said wondering into the back. She shook her head trying to get the thoughts of lying naked in the rain out. She followed him intot he back only to find that his plant form was in the room. She was going to haveto get used to his coming and going like that. She sat next to him. "So about this dream. Please tell me about it." He said. "Well I was a fairy. I was flying around sipping from flowers until I got to this plant that looked kinda looked like you. I put out a big blossom that smelled really good. One thing led to another and I was riding its stamen like crazy until I exploded. Which is when I woke up." She said. "Sounds like your still felling the after effects of the berry." He said. "Turning green seems to be a side effect as well." "How is cleansing going to help all of this? Running around in the rain will get me wet but not really clean anything." "It would depend on what you ate first. I could grow you cleansing berries but you need to rinse it from you with clean water. Your shower wouldn't work but the rain would." He said. "I'll think about it." She said and started cleaning up the shop. She worked on the coolers and restocks all the little things she used in arrangements. She looks at all the table s and nods. She can't remember the last time she had the stock room this neat. She even had the oasis in to soak which she usually forgets to do. She grabbed up the trash bags and opened the back door to take it to the dumpster. "And what are you doing here?" Crystalia asked. "Cleaning and think about what you said about the rain." She replied. "I was asking the Hobb." He said to her. "Hobb? What are you talking about?" She asked walking back inside. "I'm a Hobb!" it squeeked from the bar stool. She jumped slightly. "And you are here why?" She asked. "I was trying to talk to Inkwell, but his pet Banshee and Spartans chased me all over town. I smelled the Wisdom here and stopped to ask for sanctuary. Is that too much?" He asked. "The Guardian has been rather busy lately. You likely came in at a bad time." Crystalia said. "So beat to a pulp ask questions never?" It asked. "No, Lord Inkwell isn't that callus. You have sanctuary in my domain. What is your name Gnome of Shadow?" Crystalia asked. "Heutrin of the dwellings. I thank you great wisdom. Who is the pet human? She taste good?" "Rude little man. If you are going to stay around here you are going to use some manners." Janet snapped. "Nelcree you can hear me? How the hells is that possible?" Heutrin asked. "Nelcree?" She asked. "Gnome for holy shit. Yes she can hear you. She is my host in the mortal realm." "You get saddled with a yewy by Sebastian and say he ain't callus?" Heutrin blurts. "I asked for her and she agreed. And she is a very tasty yewy." Crystalia said. "I'm a what?" She asked. "Baby maker!" Heutrin laughed and fell off the stool. "Female of mating age." Crystalia said. "I don't like him. I am going to call Estephan to have them deal with him." She said. "You can't, he gave me sanctuary." He said standing back up and dusting himself off. "Only the Guardian has rank over the Wisdom." "That's right." She agreed. The Gnome froze in fear. She lifted the receiver as a roll of thunder shook the shop. Two flashes of bright light and the shop went dark. She didn't even have a dial tone on the phone. Crystalia called to her, his voice very sleepy in its tones. "Crystalia?" She asked into the darkness of the shop. Everything was silent no cooler fans only the pounding of the rain on the roof. And that seemed to drowned out even the sounds of her moving around. Hissing laughter from the corner got her attention. The flash of lightning shown the Hobb half way up the wall eyes glittering at her. "Crystalia! What are these things known for? What do they do?" She called loudly in the dark. "You really want to know?" It hissed from somewhere off to her left now. "Crystalia?" She called again. "He's sleeping. Gives me time to get acquainted with you." It said much closer this time. "Leave this place!" She demanded. "Only the wisdom can order that. Are you a wisdom?" It said from somewhere to her right now. The front door, she could make it to the door and her car. She turned towards the front of the shop. She hoped Crystalia would be alright with this thing running around. The room rumbled with a roll of thunder. Hissing laughter close to her right gave her pause. A flash of lightning shown the Hobb to be on the card display between her and the door. "Didn't you want to know what we are known for? Is the Hobbs tale not spoken of anymore?" It hissed with a cackle of laughter. "I don't care, just leave me alone and go." She said. "But I can't, even if I wanted to, which as lovely as you are. I don't want to go." It said rasping along the flower case. "Why not just make it easy and give yourself to me?" "NO!" she yelled. "Too bad, I will take you none the less." It said evilly from close to her right side. A flash of lightning lit the room and it hung from a rack level with her face. It grinned as it readied to throw something at her. The room went dark again and she felt something like sand sprinkle her face. She squealed, as she took three steps backward. Her ears rang with the next roll of thunder and her head spun. She felt dizzy. It cackled from the darkness. "Let's see if you will be more accommodating when you have been taken down off your high horse." It said with a fit of laughter. She stumbled over her own clothing. She felt like she was tumbling and in moments she was trying to fight her way out of her own shirt. She scurried behind the counter. She was about the same height as a Barbie doll and as naked as the day she was born. "HAhaha now you are mine. Let's have a taste of you then." It said. Headlights of a passing car silhouetted the Hobb stalking towards her clothing. It seemed to think she was still in them. The fading light gave her a little time to assess her location in the flower shop. She was behind the warping table not the counter. She thought about climbing through the cooler but she would never be able to reach the handle to get out of the cooler door in the back. "Where did you go? I can still smell you." It hissed. She darted down to the far end of the table. She tried to keep her breathing quiet and her footsteps light. The Hobb grabbed something off of the display shelf and threw it against the wrapping table. "Where did you go?" It yelled. She slid to a stop, and peeked around the side of the bench. She vision was becoming a little clearer. Even with no light she was starting to make out shapes and distances. It turned towards a sound from the other side of the room. She seized the opening and darted across the aisle to the card rack. She found a small pouch on the floor next to the racks feet. There was still a little of the sand in the bag. She picked it up carefully and closed it. She tucked it into the bottom of the card holder. The Hobb had wondered further into the shop poking at her bag under the work bench. She hoped that when the lights came back up Crystalia would be able to get this thing under control and with the little bit of sand in the bag make something to return her to her normal size. She leaned on the rack to hard and it made aloud squeak. She heart stopped but her feet didn't. She bolted for the window display. The Hobb skittered around the corner scant moments after she had climbed behind the heart-shaped angel vase with the roses in it. It hissed in disgust. It got on all fours and started sniffing the floor. She grinned as she thought about how often she worked barefoot. "I am going to find you woman. Only now I am going to make it hurt and leave lots of scars." It hissed venomously. "You can try little fucker." She whispered. It's head snapped in her direction. It looked right at where she was hiding and didn't seem to see her. She waited for it to move further away than scooted to a different hiding spot. She started stalking it. She made it back to the counter with the register on it. She climbed to the counter with little trouble. She saw it digging thru the tubs of oasis soaking in the water trays. It was sling chunks of it around the room in the hopes for hitting her. She looked at the counter top to see what she could use as a weapon. The pen looked huge but not exactly sharp. She looked at the stapler but wasn't sure she would be able to lift it. It turned to listen for any noises then went back to its digging. She braced herself and tried to pick it up. She almost giggled when she picked it up easily. Stepping close to the edge she hurled it with all her might. It tumbled end over end making a clicking noise as it flew. The Hodd turned to see what the noise was only to be hit by it in the side of the face. It was knocked off its feet and fell to the floor. The stapler clattered into pieces next to the unmoving creature. She waited before climbing back to the floor. The lights came back on and the cooler hummed back to life. She watched but the Hobb lay on the floor still unmoving. She didn't know what to do. She hadn't meant to kill it. She jumped to the floor and ran into the stock room where Crystalia sat in his pot under a pair of 18 inch grow lights. "You will pay for that yewy. I will sew your nintee shut. Then pound your dru till it bleeds." It growled. She didn't stop moving. Three more steps and she had a hold on the edge of Crystalia's pot. She pulled herself up and scurried into the shadows of his foliage. She shook in fear and the chill of the shop was starting to have an effect on her naked body. TheFlorist: Inkwell Ch. 02 She whispered into one of the small flowers. "Please wake up. I don't know what else to do." "I see you now. Think you can hide in the wisdom and be safe. Stupid yewy." It said advancing towards her in Crystalia's branhes. "That will be enough out of you." Crystalia said grabbing the thing up by the back of the neck. It squealed in fright. It thrashed and scratched at his arm and hand. He turned to the side and opened a whirlpool in the air. She could see trees and a river in the pool. He hurled the Hobb into the whirlpool and it closed quickly after. He walked to the side of the pot and moved a few of his branches. "You alright?" He asked. "What happened to you? The lights went out and you were gone." She said breaking down in tears. "I need more natural light. The glow lights are ok but I don't get enough from them to stay awake when they go out. I'm sorry, that thing was somebody's servant, not a free Hobb. It must have been sent to do misdeeds to people Estephan knows. Its whole aura changed when it knew you could hear and see him." Crystalia said reaching in to cradle her in his hands. "I'm cold and tiny and I have to pee really badly. Tell me you can make me the right size again." She said grabbing onto his thumb and shaking it. "I can help with the first two quickly enough. Making you the right size again might take time. Maybe you having to pee can help me figure out how to change you back." He said as a small blossom emerged from the tangle of his branches. "You want me to pee in the flower?" She said. "Yes, if it is in your body then I will be able to taste it and make an antidote." He said. "OK but you need to make me really warm after I'm done. These are starting to hurt." She said pointing at her hard started to turn purple nipples. He lowered his hands close to the blossom. She turned herself towards the flower and held on to his thumbs. She straddled the bloom and quivered as the silky peddle slid along her bare skin. She couldn't hold it anymore and started to release turning bright red thinking about what she was doing. It didn't help matters that the flower caressed her bare ass cheeks and in felt so much like her dream from this morning. "It is going to take me an hour to grew an antidote for the sand. The sand wasn't the only thing to make you shirk." He said. "Great! I can be big again. I'm cold where are my clothes? I'll wrap myself in them to stay warm." She said. "On the floor where you left them." Answered Crystalia. He stood slowly and walked to the front. She panicked when they saw her clothes. They were riddled with small burns and holes. The sand had eaten away at them leaving very little for her to cover herself with. She hopped from his hands to the counter. She looked over the side to see if her bag was still there. She pointed for him to see. "Could you put that up here for me?" She asked. "Here you go." He said placing her bag on the counter next to her. She opened it with little difficulty. She pulled out her hair brush and compact. Pushed a few other items out of the way and climbed in. The smell of chewing gum made her stomach growl. She looked at the pack sitting in the bag next to her and though it looked like a 2 foot long piece of 2x6. She looked at her wallet which given her current side looked like a folded beach chair. She pulled and poked around in it for ten minutes not finding anything she could wrap herself in to stay warm. "Why don't I run hot water in the sink and you can lounge in it till the antidote is ready?" He asked. "You said it wasn't clean." She said. "You want warm and you're not drinking it. The bedroom is also small. If I turn on the heat it will be toasty in there with being too hot out here. Right?" "I can't fit...O' I guess I can fit in the sink." She said looking at herself. He went and started the water on his way back he stopped at the thermostat and followed her instructions on using it. He held his hand down to her and let her step into his hand. Her picked up her bag and brought it along. She hopped to the sink counter which had a flower shaped basin. She held her hand out as he adjusted the water. When it got warm enough he put the stopper in. She hopped in to the sink and raced into the stream of warm water flowing out of the faucet. "Oh that feels so good." She said. It didn't feel so good when she stepped back out. Her being so warm from the water made the chill in the room that much harsher. She sat down in the water quickly. She could feel the heat in the room rising but it would still be a while till she felt that standing up would feel ok to do. She stomach growled louder as her muscles relaxed and were no longer shivering. "You sound hungry." He said. "Yeah well I will deal with it. I don't have anything in the cooler to eat. It's the weekend. I don't leave food here if I know I won't be here to eat it." She said. "I'll take some of this and go down to the snack shack at the other end of the strip mall." He said taking a couple of fives out of her wallet. "Don't take too long and lock the doors coming and going." She said just the thought of getting food had mouthwatering thoughts running thru her head. He closed the door as he left the bathroom. It had warmed up to a comfortable level. She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. She braced for what she could see, being green or having strips. She was relieved and disappointed that she was only small. She giggled to herself at the absurdity of this, small enough to swim in a sink. How many little girls had dreams of swimming in the sink or tub with their dolls and here she was doing just that. Thou she was the doll instead of having one with her. She pushed her wallet over some and started setting up someplace for her to eat. As she started to get a chill she slid back into the water and waited for the fan of the heater to stop blowing. She was starting to get worried. It felt like he had been gone for a long time. A wave of relief washed over her when she heard the bell over the front door jingle. When the door didn't open right away she started to get scared again. She heard a few bumps and a thud for thru the back wall of the bathroom and was starting to worry even more. "If it's on the top shelf it's just odd extra stuff right?" He asked thru the door. "What are you doing out there?" She asked. "Getting your food ready. The top shelf?" He asked again. "Yeah it's just extra stuff for weddings this past spring what does it matter, I'm starving in here." "I'll be in with food. Just two more minutes ok." He said and stepped away from the door. She stepped to the wall and put her ear to it. She felt silly try to figure out what the sounds were. She did recognize the sound of the cooler opening and locking itself shut again.The rest of the rustles and tapping were a complete mystery. A tap at the door startled her. "Coming in." He said. She turned as the door opened. A wash of cool air from outside raise the hair on the backs of her arms and made her nipples stand rather quickly. She all but leaped back into the warm water in the sink. He closed the door and looked at her. "You alright? Sorry that took so long." He said. She peeked over the edge of the sink. "Yeah, but I was starting to worry." "Well here is the change." He said setting a folded stack of twenties next to her wallet. "You didn't rob the place did you?" She exclaimed seeing the large amount of money sitting there. "No, just a little gift from the lottery fairy." He said with a sarcastic grin. "Okay... food please." She said. "Hold on. Get yourself comfortable. I don't know if this is going to work but it's worth a try right?" "What are you talking about?" "Sit down and you will see." He said as he set a piece of oasis with three roses reservoirs pushed in to it nest to the sink. He opened a bottle of water and filled one, the other two he filled with bottled iced tea. She had never thought of using the little test-tubey looking things as glasses but then again she was never twelve inches tall before either. He pulled a floating tray out of the bag and set it on the counter. He then took a snack pack tray out and put small cut pieces into the floating tray. There was cheese and meat, as well as slices of grape, cherry, banana with a thick slice of hard-boiled egg in the center. He gently set the floating tray into the water in front of her. It looked amazing. A floating buffet of food. She reached out and grabbed a bite of cheese. She felt like a little piggy stuffing herself. He would hand her one of the tubes for her to sip as she scarfed the food in front of her like she hadn't eaten in days. Even thou she hadn't eaten more than she ever thought possible. The tray was not empty. She pushed it away not being able to eat anymore. He lifted it out of the water. His hand was very warm as it brushed her leg. "The water seems to be getting cold. I should run some more hot and warm it back up." He said. "I need to get out anyway. I am starting to feel water logged. Did you find anything for me to dry and wrap in?" She asked. He smiled. "Will these do?" He said taking three bandannas out of the bag from the snack shop. She smirked and nodded as she stood up. One had a unicorn in front of a rainbow. The other two were monotone with your typical white paisley pattern. She took the unicorn one from him and dried herself off. He folded the other two together and laid it on the counter top like a bed. She looked at him questioningly as she dried her hair. "I found this in one of the boxes on the top shelf." He said handing her a patch of foe fur. "This was on the shelf?" She said dropping the bandanna. Usually she used the fur to decorate and wrap bouquet handles. It was big enough to wrap around herself and felt very soft and warm. It just didn't stay that way without her holding it. He solved that with a pair of wire ties. She looked at herself in the mirror. Dreams of wearing doll clothes danced in her head again followed by a really dirty one. "You're a plant and I am small." She said. "Yes." He replied "How male are you right now?" She asked. "Are you feeling ok? Are you having a reaction to something you ate?" He asked. "No just... never mind." She said and walked over to the pile of twenties. "How much is here?" "$240 dollars, those scratch offs are easy to read." He said. "Lottery fairy... right. I almost thought you were serious." She said. "Why do it thou?" "You are going to need new clothes eventually. I made a mistake that led to your other clothes being destroyed, so I am making up for it by providing you with money to replace them." He said. "Don't take this the wrong way but I am really enjoying you this size. Even more so with the little bits of the dream you had this morning you have told me about. You are closer in size to that naughty little fairy you were in your dream." She turned pink but turned and looked up at him. "Yeah and you think I don't know it?" "I liked the looks you had when I took things you use every day and made you a private spa on the basin counter and sink. You look very lovey this size. I have never been a tree and you climbing in to hide in my foliage felt right. I felt like your protector, even if I put you in danger by letting the Hobb in." "I should be mad but I'm not. It was scary but I knew you would save me if I hid long enough. And I am having so many dirty thoughts about that dream right now. I kinda like being this size, I feel closer to the flowers somehow. Goodness I am getting so hot. This fur is really warm." She said jumping around her thoughts. "You feel closer to the flowers?" He asked. "Yeah... You won't think I am strange if I ask you to do things to me while I am this small, are you?" "I won't hurt you. What kind of things?" He asked skeptically. "Use a couple of roses and paint me with their scent?" She asked timidly. "So you want me to rub roses up and down your body?" He asked to make sure. "For starters." She said nodding and wiggling her hips. "I won't hurt you even if you ask me to but that sounds like fun. I'll go get a few roses." He said. She visibly sighed as he turned and opened the door. Her thoughts were running away with her. She darted over to the bandannas and her wallet. She tugged it over and slid it under one end of the folded stack of cloth like a pillow. She got a drink of tea and carried the whole set over to sit next to the makeshift bed. She opened her bag and rummaged in it to find her cell. Once she found it she set it in the corner. She couldn't get it to stay upright. The door opened and he came back in with four roses. She looked at them. One was dark red, two were pink and the last was white. The stems were short and she figured her had gotten them from her boutonniere vase. Roses that were two short for arrangements but to lovely to just toss out. "I can't get this to stay up.' She pouted. He set them down on the countertop and folded a few squares of bath tissue. He lifted the phone and set it on the tissue. He dipped his finger into the water and dripped a few drops on the tissues to stick them to the counter. She watched somewhat amazed at his solution. He was a plant and was finding ways to do things for her like he had taking care of bunches of twelve inch people before. "I am going to run some more hot water. These roses are cold right now." He said. "What are you doing over here?" "I am making myself at home. My phone can play music. I just never thought it would be as big as a jukebox before." She said pushing buttons to pull up her playlist. "You are really enjoying being small are you?" He asked. "Yeah I kinda am. Everything is so new and different but nothing has changed accept how big I am." She said pressing play on her phone. It blared at her and she jumped to turn it down. "That's loud for something so small." He said. "I forgot the last time I listened to it I was in the car, so I had it turned way up." She said. He drained the water from the sink and turned the hot faucet on. It started to flow very hot quicker than it had before. He let the sink fill a third of the way up and turned off the water. She finished tucking and fussing over all the little items around her on the countertop. "Could you help me?" She asked sweetly holding her arms in the air. "What can I help you with?" He asked. "Undress me." She said playfully. He reached down and untwisted the wire ties that held the fur wrap on her. She just held her arms high and let it slide off of her. She giggled and scurried to the folded cloth bed. She pulled her knees to her chest and held up one of the little flower tubes. "May I have more to drink please?" She asked in a naughty little voice. "You're started to really like this aren't you?" He asked as he got the bottled tea and filled all of the tubes. "He is your tea you naughty little fairy." She giggled. "Yes, this is fun. I feel cute and naughty all at the same time. With a big strong protector watching my every move. It has me very excited. When you make me big again could you make me small like this other times?" "I think I could do that. You ready?" He asked holding up one of the pink roses. "Hmm, it isn't fair that I have no clothing and you get to wear yours. Take them off for me." She said with a impish twinkle in her eye. "As you wish." He replied setting the rose down and standing up tall. She watched somewhat disappointed as his clothing seemed to melt into him. She wasn't when he was finished thou. He had a strong chest and arms with a wash board stomach. Smooth and tan from his chin to a neat nest of pubic hair. In that nest rested a thick snake of male cock which too was tan and imposing in its proportions. She quivered as she felt her body flush. "Is this what you envisioned?" He asked. "You're gorgeous." Was all she could say. "So you approve?" He asked. She nodded and settled to the cloth bed before her knees went weak and she fell into it anyway. He reached for the pink rose again and she raised her arms over her head. He leaned forward and painted the roses peddles down the length of her body. She wriggled and quivered as her breath started to come in short pants. Her mind was a race of erotic thoughts as the flower caressed her bodies' length. He painted her fingers to toes in slow gentle sweeps. After four passes his set the pink one aside and picked up the white one. He twirled it between his fingers and touched the spinning bloom to her breasts. She gasped and arched her back her eyes going wide in amazement as to the pleasure of it. "Time for the other side." He said. She looked up at him as if he were a criminal for stopping. She looked down his body and saw she was having an effect on him. His cock looked thicker and veins were discernible along its sides. She turned over and pushed her tushy up at him. He dipped a finger in the hot water and quickly held it over her wiggling bottom. One hot drop fell from his finger tip and splashed between her cute ass cheeks. She yipped and went flat on the cloths. She looked back over to see him smiling warmly at her. She giggled and pulled her hair to one side so he could paint her back without pulling it. He start from her feet this time. He swept the blossom up each of her legs separately stopping in little circles over each round curl of her quivering little buttocks before travelling the rest of the way up her back. She mewed and purred sweetly at first. By the third pass she moaned and whimper for something more. He reached for her and rubbed her lower back like one would caress the head of a kitten. She moaned loader. He put a finger between her knees and coaxed her to open her legs. As her legs opened he could see her thick aroused labia dripping with her nectar. With a little more coaxing her back was arched with her sweaty cunny open to him. He began to pet her arched back with a wife pink bloom as he tickled her thighs with the dark red one. She was teetering on euphoric bliss. She wanted to feel something in her. Every part of her felt so alive her core quivered in wave after wave of orgasm. She felt lick her cunny was being lick-lashed by a hundred hot tongues. "Do you need a breather little woman." He said and lifted the blooms from her. She grunted and collapsed on the bedding panting. Her body shook as a few lingering orgasms rolled over her. He smiled down at her and gently rubbed her ass with his fingers. She moaned and clutched the cloth as she began to orgasm again. It wasn't fair she thought. She was at his mercy, but it felt so good. She wanted to return the favor before she lost her never. "You going to let me have you now?" She moaned up at him as she rolled over. "Have me? How do you intend to do that? My penis is larger in diameter than you are." He said gesturing at himself. "Step closer to the sink and I'll show you." She said. He stepped closer to the sink, she motioned him closer. She had him stand with his thighs pressed to the edge of the counter top. She crawled over to his throbbing male appendage on all fours. She gestured for him to watch her in the mirror. She stood up next to his mostly hard cock and started petting it like it was her noble steed. She stepped over his massive cock and set on it. She laid her body onto the hot pulsing cock. Laying her head on his she wrapped her arms around it and started caressing the sensitive underside. It bucked under her enough to pull her feet of the counter. Not wanting to fall she wrapped her legs around it and locked her feet together. She used her body to message his length. She felt him shift slightly but didn't stop petting and caressing. TheFlorist: Inkwell Ch. 02 She moaned as he gently poured water down her back wetting the skin of his shlong in the process. It got slick and slippery. It was like riding a bull of hot buttered silk. She wriggled forward and slip back down a few times. She almost came when she heard him moan. She looked to see him watching her . Saw looked at herself in the mirror, wet and riding a massive cock. She might as well have little horns and bat wings. She felt so horny evil . He watched her. Her little sexy body wrapped around his maleness. After he had poured the water over her she started to feel even hotter on him. Her hands massaging so many of the sensitive areas that he could hardly believe she was still so small. Moaning again she started caressing the rim of his head. He tried not to but his cock twitched and arched. She giggled and increased the pressure she used on each stroke. She stepped off and walked in front of him. She wrapped her arms around it and started using her breasts to massage circles over the sensitive nerves on the underside of his crown. She cooed as sweet nectar seeped from the end of his cock. It made her even more silky as her hard nipples tickled just the right places. She was climbing in her our excitement as his pre-cum nectar dripped down her body. "You like me this size don't you?" She asked him seductively. He moaned and his cock swelled. She lost her grip and slipped in the slick puddle. She turned to the side and was splashed with a glob of this sweet man nectar. She turned over on all four and wiggled her ass at him. Three thick gobs covered her ass and back. She hissed and came so hard she lost her balance falling into the pool of his hot goo. He grunted and sprayed her with more of his hot juices. She was lost in the scent of his cum rolling thru orgasm after orgasm herself. He stepped back from the counter so he could use his hands to brace himself. In the other room he rustled and bloomed in a rainbow of colors. He held on to the berry with the antidote. Never had any being make him feel so much from flesh play. He looked down at her. She was cooing and caressing his nectar over her body. "I wanna do this again if we can. It was so good and this is so yummy." She said licking his nectar for her fingers. "I will keep it in mind for special occasions." He said. "The berry is ready." "Ok... then round two?" She asked wickedly. TheFlorist: Inkwell “So we changed, people I mean, but you have been over there and shielded from this stuff. Should I be worried about you catching a plant sickness?” She asked. “I would hope not but keep an eye on me anyway please.” “That’s what companions do right?” She asked. “In the best of ways.” He replied. Over the next 4 hours the two of them talked about the shop, types of things she would need to gather for him and ways that they would be able to help each other. The most notable of which was to bring sunlight into the shop. Grow lights were fine for normal plants; he was far from normal however. She had giggled when he tried to explain how he manipulated vines and grew flower blooms. Honestly she wasn’t meaning to but he sounded like a five year old trying to explain how his ding-a-ling worked. The phone rang putting a hold on the conversation. “Floral Fancy, this is Janet how can I help you?” She answered. “Janet glad you are still there. Can I talk to Crystalia somehow?” Estephan asked. “I guess so. No kind words for me?” She asked coyly. “Please you lovely maiden of silken thighs would your sexy-self allow me to talk to your floral chaperone?” He said with a dirty undertone. She laughed. “It’s for you.” She said holding the phone towards Crystalia. “Yes?” Crystalia asked. “You have permission to claim dominion over the strip mall. Tell Janet she will have papers to sign on tomorrow for her part of its ownership.” Estephan said. “This is a sudden change. What brought this on?” He asked. “Let’s just say my companions have put the need in proper perspective. You were willing to wait and have never given me reason to think you anything less than a noble being with every ones best interest in mind. So you have your dominion. I hope that I can seek your advice from time to time. And enjoy the company of your companion if she wishes it.” Estephan said. “I will pass that along. And my council is always there for you. I would feel less than a good guest if I didn’t help when I could. We also forgot in the confusion this morning to tell you, a succubus was in your parlor looking for her sister. I didn’t get a name sorry.” He said. “A succubus. You’re sure... of course you are, look who I am asking. It dose put an end to some of our confusion, thank you. I will be down to see you both in the morning. Have a good night.” “And you Lord Inkwell.” He said and handed the phone back to Janet. She put the phone to hear ear only to hear it click and disconnect. She huffed and hung it up. “He has given me permission to claim dominion. He said you would have papers to sign for part ownership of the mall. He also expressed an interest in spending time with you.” He said. “He... what about you? I mean... are we like a couple now?” She asked. “Not to be ungrateful, I am a plant. You need time with members of your own species.” He said. “So we are but you don’t want me to miss out on friends and other things.” She said. “I am like your secret lover and best girlfriend all in one. Doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun with others then tell me all about it. I kind of want to know what it’s like to be cuddled by a nymph. Or set upon by a devious succubus with your pleasure in her sights.” He said wistfully. “Wow you don’t know with as old as you are?” She asked. “See that’s why you need others to get sex from. You’re such a young sexy woman. I am a plant that is a thousand plus years old and I am not going anywhere any time soon. Not going to make me jealous or hurt my feelings if you want to have lovers. And having friends you can talk openly about things with is not only good; it is almost a must to keep yourself from getting overwhelmed by it. Even with me trying to help by toning it down.” He said. “Well okay, not sure if I feel better knowing that.” She said. “I am trying to make sure you are happy and healthy. That way you and I are together for a long time. You may not want it now but what about a family? Don’t you want to have children? I’m a plant not going to be able to mate or seed with you. Not that I wouldn’t if I could mind you. You would make such beautiful blooms.” He said. She turned red. “I think I know why he was so weird the first time we talked.” Said Janet kind of to herself. “Who? Estephan?” He asked. “Yeah, he was really flippant about sex and really forward, rude. I guess having others of the higher realm as lovers and companions takes a fair bit of emotional adjusting. Today’s thinking about sex and love are rather muddled.” She said. “I will take your word on that. Maybe you could bring books I could read.” He said. “You can read?” She asked. “More than a thousand years old and you find that hard to believe?” He asked in return. “Right.” She said and laughed. “Yes so you go home get some sleep. I Will see you in the morning.” Crystalia said. “You sending me away?” She asked. “Yes. Only to make sure you are ready for what’s coming in the morning.” He said. “I have been given permission to claim this place as my domain.” “Ok. We will be alright? It won’t separate us will it?” She asked. “If it does we will just have to bond again.” He said with a playful smile. She quivered and gathered her things and gave him a kiss before leaving. He was looking different to her already. She probably wouldn’t be able to sleep but if he needed her to go, she would. He watched he pull out of the lot and faded his projection. The moon was just starting it’s climb into the night sky. “I am Crystalia Prime Orchid, this is my domain.” He said to the world.